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I was in a cab while vomiting...
I was looking down from about fifteen feet and was concerned for my buddies who were upset...
A hydraulic hose took my head back between my shoulder blades...
I was driving a white two door Austin 1100, which is small car, when the event occurred...
Michael O NDE Home Classification NDE 2152 Michael O NDE 4349 Experience Description I will start by saying that prior to the event, I was diagnosed with a condition called IGA Nephropathy...
I was stationed aboard the USS Prairie in the Philippines, we had a ship's party on Grande Island there, I was scuba diving for coral, I was almost bitten by a sixteen foot long dark grey shark, I managed to get to shore unharmed I thought, I did not feel t...
I was leaving my mother's home and stopped to get gas...
Mike K NDE Home Classification NDE 2157 Mike K NDE 4356 Experience Description In early 1969 I had an out of body experience...
I remember having an incredibly powerful fear of death before my surgery - a fear which vanished after my experience and has never returned...
In the midst of the heart attack, I was talking with the emergency medical technician in the ambulance one second, and the next I was somewhere else...
I woke at 2:10 am to find myself looking at the alarm clock drifting around the room and feeling light and cool (airy) going out to kitchen then back to bedroom to find myself looking for the first and only time in my life at myself from somewhere else...
I had spent about twenty-four hours in extreme discomfort from pressure in my chest and after taking a shower I packed a small bag with essentials and sat as quietly as possible waiting for daylight to call 911...
